How Iranians in the East Bay hold their heritage. By Maggie Fazeli Fard East Bay Monthly, May 2009 Thirty years ago, Iranian expatriate Minoo Hamzavi and a handful of friends jerry-rigged a local celebration of the Persian New Year. Hurriedly lighting a few candles on a deserted Berkeley sidewalk, the young women performed a makeshift […]
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By MAGGIE FAZELI FARD Community Life There’s nothing inconspicuous about a charging 10,000-pound Asian elephant, but for three uninitiated Pascack Valley natives, the range of sounds that suddenly ripped through Sri Lanka’s Lahugala forest on a warm evening last September was, to say the least, surprising. Shaking trees and snapping branches heralded the charge of […]
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By MAGGIE FAZELI FARD Community Life On Monday, Dec. 21 the Woodcliff Lake Mayor and Council met for the first time since making headlines for a councilwoman’s alleged improper use of the borough’s membership cards at discount stores like Costco and Restaurant Depot. While a half dozen residents called for Councilwoman Joanne Howley’s removal from […]
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How microlending is helping low-income East Bay residents build their own businesses. By Maggie Fazeli Fard East Bay Monthly, December 2009 The winter of 2008 was a cold one in the East Bay, with temperatures in January hovering around highs of about 60 degrees and lows dipping uncomfortably into the 30s. But if you ask […]
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